Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well
General
Click here for support files for this unit.
Click here for the BBC Unit on this topic.
Click here for ideas on how plants grow and why we need them.
1. Introduction
Click here for teaching idea introduction.
Click here for a 3D tour around Eden.
Click here for a reminder of what plants need to grow.
Click here to read why we need plants.
Click here for revise why plants are alive.
Click here for a view from a window - how many different plants can you see?
2. Plants for food
Click here for ideas of how to teach plants for food.
Click here for a worksheet on plants for food and fibre.
Click here for plants used for food and medicine from the rainforest.
Click here for a great lesson plan and links on crop plants.
Click here for details of a rainforest in the UK< complete with facts of food plants growing there.
Click here of food to find in a rainforest.
Click here for a child friendly site on growing your own food.
Click here and type the word 'crops' into the search engine for pictures of crops.
3. Growing plants
Click here for teaching ideas with plants - what do they need to grow?
Click here for ideas with sunflowers.
Click here for lesson plan on showing plants need light.
Click here for great links on plants.
4. Roots
Click here for teaching ideas on roots.
Click here on how to repot a plants.
Click here for how roots help the soil.
Click here for 'why plants need roots' lesson plans.
Click here for lots of pictures on roots and teacher background reading.
5. Looking at celery
Click here for details of how water moves through a celery stem.
Click here for lesson plan on changing the colour of flowers - good for whiteboard.
Click here for an explanation of what is being seen with the celery.
6. Leaves, stems and roots
Clcik here for what a plant needs to grow well - revision.
Click here for what a plant needs to grow.
Click here for a child friendly explanation on what a plant needs to grow.
Click here for the BBC game - helping plants grow.
7. Water and plants
Click here on how to run an experiment to show plants need water.
Click here for worksheet and lesson plan on growing plants in different amounts of water.
Click here for a lesson plan on growing plants with different amounts of water.
Click here for a simple water experiment.
Click here for a detailed lesson plan on plant experiments with light, water and temperature.
8. How much evidence?
Click here for ideas used from collecting the evidence in the last lesson.
Click here for a watering experiment using cress.
Click here for ideas on how your class can create their own investigation.
Click here for a fun quiz on collecting evidence with Sponge Bob.
9. Plants and light
Click here for ideas about growing plants in different amounts of light.
Click here for lesson on plants and light (Half way down page).
Click here for an experiment showing a plant grows towards the light.
Click here for a great set of lesson plans, worksheets and links on plants growing in the light and dark.
Click here for a detailed lesson plan on plant experiments with light, water and temperature.
10. Plants and warmth
Click here for teaching ideas about plant growth and temperature.
Click here for do seeds grow better in warm or cold places?
Click here for a detailed lesson plan on plant experiments with light, water and temperature.
Click here for lesson plan on what a plant needs to grow.
11. Review
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Click here for interactive quizzes on plants.
Click here for fun science games.
Click here for fun plant activities.
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